Latest News Articles by Joan Porter
Autumn falls nicely for this Bath fair date
07 October 2019Timing is important. Talking about her September Bath Vintage and Antiques Market, held every month in Bath’s old Green Park Station, Naomi Knight said: “Although we have lost some space over the years, we were fully booked with 45 high-quality dealers and there was a great atmosphere."
Welsh history highlight
07 October 2019Carol and Robert Pugh of Towy Events are expecting a good turn-out of up to 200 standholders inside and out at their antiques and flea market at the Carmarthen Showground on Sunday, October 20.
Younger buyers taking a look at Lostwithiel Antique Fair
30 September 2019The Lostwithiel Antique Fair was started by Lynne and Richard Bonehill (the late actor and sabre champion). The current organisers Anne and Nigel Allen will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the monthly fair on Sunday, October 13, in the town’s community centre.
Dramatic clifftop location for hotel fair in Cornwall
30 September 2019Built in the 1960s, the family-owned Bedruthan Hotel at Mawgan Porth, near Newquay on the north Cornish coast, is set in a dramatic clifftop location overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.
Antiques and collectors’ fair Pools resources in Cornwall
30 September 2019The 19-acre former South Crofty tin and copper mine in the village of Pool, near Redruth in west Cornwall, closed as recently as 1996 and is now part of a local mining landscape World Heritage Site.
Monthly regularity for long-running fair in Liskeard
30 September 2019Antiques Fairs Cornwall, which runs a biannual two-day fair at the Royal Cornwall Showground, holds its regular monthly antiques and collectors’ fair at Pensilva near Liskeard. This is the largest one-day fair in Cornwall with up to 74 stands.
Shield marks MP tribute
30 September 2019Emporium Antiques in Liskeard currently has on its site an item of local interest. This is a memorial shield, below, to the Honourable Thomas Agar-Robartes (1880-1915) who was elected as a Liberal MP for his home town of Bodmin in the 1906 general election.
Cornish attractions: Ideal site found in Lostwithiel
30 September 2019Spotlight on the county’s many opportunities for antiques hunting.
A packed house for Peterborough Festival
23 September 2019Close to 2000 dealers are booked for the Peterborough Festival of Antiques on Friday and Saturday, September 27-28.
A day on the tiles in Nottingham
23 September 2019The Tiles and Architectural Ceramics Society hosts its annual antique and collectable tile fair on Saturday October 5 at St Jude’s Hall, Mapperley, Nottingham.
Trading from East Sussex and Hemswell
23 September 2019Dealers who give up trading up from shop premises in favour of a unit or units at an antiques centre have differing stories as to why they make that choice.
Mid-century in the mainstream but dealer highlights the eco difference between period and ‘style’
16 September 2019Mid-century style is very much on the rise at the moment – as the organisers of the two Midcentury Shows in London know well.
Arty car boot pitches up again in Margate
16 September 2019Since opening its doors almost a decade ago, the Turner Contemporary Gallery in Margate has attracted 400,000 visitors a year.
Peterborough Festival dates at the end of the month
16 September 2019As previously announced in ATG, IACF has added to its fairs’ portfolio the biannual and popular Peterborough Festival of Antiques.
Dovehouse plans return of Little Chelsea
16 September 2019Good news comes with the relaunch of a two-day fair in central London. Jane Alexander of Dovehouse Antiques Fairs, which runs monthly antiques fairs in Dorking, has announced that she is taking over the Little Chelsea Fair.
Second hand campaign may boost market for vintage clothes
16 September 2019The charity Oxfam estimates that it saves about 47 million items of clothing a year from landfill. Its new superstore in Oxford is promoting Oxfam’s 'Second Hand September' campaign with the aim of encouraging people to buy vintage instead of new clothes.
Lomax in history groove
09 September 2019Organiser holds events in notable properties with fine heritage
Textile Society supports talented student
09 September 2019The Textile Society has run antique and vintage textiles fairs in Manchester for the past 20 years with its annual London event launching in 2009. Proceeds from these 40-plus standholder events help to fund the society’s awards and bursaries.
Antiques help modern skills
09 September 2019In September 2017 we featured Charlie King and Sam Sparrow, both then aged 13, who were offered places by Philip and Claire Crosthwaite at their monthly Hingham Antiques Fairs in Norfolk.
Braderie big in Deal
09 September 2019Every year the town council in the Kent coastal town of Deal, a place described last year as “racy, posh and cultured”, hosts a lively braderie along the High Street and adjoining streets selling antiques and vintage pieces.